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By this time the humble fishing cobles had developed into a sizeable fishing fleet of much larger boats, which meant that they could travel further afield for their catch.

Just along the canal from Bridge 104, the boat is emerging from a turning point in the canal basin. The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.

The boat is just starting out from the north end of the Waterway, with the Figure 8 Switchback, the tennis courts, and the 1930s concrete 'castle ruins' in the background.

The River Weaver creates a link with the Trent & Mersey Canal by way of Northwich's mighty Anderton Boat Lift, where a pair of narrow boats could be lifted 50 feet in two caissons.

Boats can be hired or moored here, and the building has been restored and is now a house.

There are still boats but these are now holiday craft from all over the country. In 1882 there were 823 canal boats registered in Runcorn.

A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century.

The large hire-boat companies have taken over many of the small boat-building firms, and Easticks has now become Hoseasons. These sheds burnt down in about 1996.

Here we see a busy scene, with many hire boats waiting to be refuelled at the pump and taken out into the river.

A few fishing boats once worked in the area, but there are no signs of them in this photograph, just a small pleasure boat.

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire. The coal lighters are discharging coal at the Old Town Wharf.

Here we see a number of large rowing-boats that have been converted into house-boats.

An assorted bunch of pleasure boats patiently wait for the lock to fill on a fine summer's day.

One of the boats on the right has the mark PZ, so she may have come from Penzance, a very long journey!

Rowing boats are moored in the harbour. Following the transfer of the mail boat service to Dun Laoghaire, Howth harbour had by this time settled down to a quiet existence.

This view shows a number of St Ives gigs, small shallow-keeled boats.

Many of the boats in the foreground would have been for hire. Victorian holidaymakers of some competence were encouraged to explore the coastline of Shanklin Bay by boat.

The earlier picture shows working boats doubled up carrying cargo from the London Basin to the Midlands.

Here we see a busy harbour scene, with fishing boats on the left and several sailing boats, along with a number of harbour tugs.

Church Cove was a pilchard fishing place, with boats hauled up the steep beach, and there was also a lifeboat station here for a while until 1899.

Though still in essence a fishing port, there are only a dozen or so boats today, engaging in salmon-netting and deep-sea fishing. The pilot boat for the estuary is also based here.

The two men in the rowing boat on the left-hand side prepare their craft for leaving the quay.

Taken a few years after photograph 34748, this splendid view shows both flight and boats. The furthest boat is a steam-powered tug, which will move the immaculate coal-laden barge.

A small fishing boat sails out into the calm waters of St Austell Bay, while larger boats remain packed into the inner harbour.